Franklin DMQ-440 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
Dictionary
User’s Guide
B
& Thesaurus
DMQ-440
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QUEEN’S ENGLISH
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MAN
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1
Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable
electronic reference with a built-in
book and a slot in the back for more
books. With your new
Thesaurus
Installing Batteries and Cards ................................................. 4
Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys ......................... 5
Changing Settings and Viewing the Demonstration ............... 6
Finding Definitions .................................................................. 7
Finding Synonyms ...................................................................7
Finding Confusables
Finding Words in Definitions ...................................................9
Highlighting Words .................................................................. 9
Correcting Misspellings ..........................................................10
Finding a Letter in a Word ....................................................... 10
Finding a Series of Letters ......................................................11
Reviewing Your Words ............................................................ 11
Using the User List .................................................................. 12
Sending Words Between Books ..............................................13
Changing Game Settings ......................................................... 14
Playing the Games .................................................................. 14
Index........................................................................................ 18
you can find over 83,000
Dictionary &
®
.............................................................. 8
dictionary entries and 41,000 thesaurus entries with 496,000 synonyms,
correct misspellings, save words to
your User list, and play three fun and
educational word games. To learn
how, read this User’s Guide.
2
Key Guide
DN
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to
MENU
Shows the main menus.
THES
(red) Shows synonym lists.
CONF
(green) Shows Confusables
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games.
LIST
(blue) Shows the User list menu.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns the BOOKMAN on or off.
➤
Understanding the Colour Keys
Enter your word
The colour keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the BOOKMAN book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own colour
key functions, which are labelled on
their cards and listed in their User’s
Guides. For more information, read
“Using the Colour Keys.”
*
Hold ✩ while pressing the other key
Other Keys
BACK
.
Backs up, erases letters, or
turns off a highlight in the text.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
®
.
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
✽
Types a ? to stand for an
?
unknown letter in a word;
✽
shifted, types an
to stand
for a series of unknown letters.
Arrow Keys
At text, menus, and lists, move
up or down. At the Entry screen,
darken or lighten the contrast.
Move left or right.
Star Key Combinations*
CARD
✩
+
✩
+
✩
+
.
✩
+ Types a hyphen.
3
Sends a word between books.
Shows the next match.
Shows the previous match.
UP
Installing CardsInstalling Batteries
BOOKMAN 440 models use two
CR2032 3-volt batteries. Here is how
to install or replace the batteries.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries with
their plus signs facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover .
➤ Resuming Where You Left Of f
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any screen. When you turn
your BOOKMAN on again, the
screen that you last viewed
appears.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when your BOOKMAN is
on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased.
1. T urn your BOOKMAN off.
2. T urn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the card down until it
snaps into place.
➤ Removing Cards
Warning: When you remove a
card to install another, information
that you entered into the removed
card will be erased.
4
Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys
Once you have installed a card in your
BOOKMAN, you must select which
book you want to use.
1. T urn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ slightly
from what you see on screen.
This does not mean that your
BOOKMAN is malfunctioning.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on your BOOKMAN change functions
according to which book you are using.
When the built-in book is selected, the
colour keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book
in a card is selected, the colour keys
function as labelled on that card.
Remember, when you have selected
and are using a book in a card, the
colour keys function as labeled on that
card, not as on the keyboard.
5
Changing Settings
Viewing the Demonstration
You can adjust the font size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast.
The font size changes the number of
lines of text that appear on screen.
The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it
off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.
3. Highlight Set Font, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press and if you selected
Set Contrast
6. Press
.
ENTER
to select it.
Before you start using your BOOKMAN,
you can see a demonstration of what it
can do.
When no card is installed in your BOOKMAN, the demonstration automatically
appears when you turn on your BOOKMAN. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
then select
Disable Demo
menus. To re-enable it, select
Demo
.
MENU
from the
Enable
When a card is installed in your BOOKMAN, select
View Demo
from the
menus to see the demonstration.
➤
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Then press to read it. To
exit help, press
BACK
or
HELP
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can use to move around
menus or view more text.
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